Scholars, policy experts, and diplomats will analyze the state of economic, political and foreign policy reforms in Japan today through the lens of PM Koizumi’s dramatic and anomalous reforms from 2001-2006 in an effort to decipher lessons learned, and to craft policy recommendations for Japan’s future.

Agenda & Speakers

8:00–8:45a

Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:45a

Welcome & Introduction

9:00–10:30a

Panel 1–Prime Minister Koizumi & Japan’s Economic Reforms

Hiroki Takeuchi(Discussant), Tower Center, SMU

Marie Anchordoguy, University of Washington

Patricia Maclachlan, University of Texas at Austin

Len Schoppa, University of Virginia

10:45–12:15p

Panel 2– Prime Minister Koizumi & Japan’s Political Reforms

Ko Maeda (Discussant), University of North Texas

John Campbell, University of Michigan

Kenneth Mori McElwain, University of Michigan

Linda Hasunuma, Franklin & Marshall College

12:30–2:00p

Keynote Luncheon– The Honorable J. Thomas Schieffer, former U.S. Ambassador to Japan